Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

Genetic Correlation between Child Callous-Unemotional Behaviors and Fear Recognition Deficit: Evidence for a Neurocognitive Endophenotype.
This study investigates emotion recognition deficits as candidate neurocognitive endophenotypes for callous-unemotional (CU) behaviors. Using a twin design, we tested genetic correlations between child CU behaviors and poor processing of fearful and sad facial expressions. Participants were 504 twin pairs (209 MZ pairs; 295 DZ pairs) from the Quebec Newborn Twin Study, a longitudinal study of a population-based sample of twins. Teachers in kindergarten and first grade rated children's CU behaviors and other behavior problems (attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, physical aggression, and depressive symptoms). In fi...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Petitclerc A, Henry J, Feng B, Poliakova N, Brendgen M, Dionne G, Vitaro F, Tremblay RE, Boivin M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence: Longitudinal Associations with Psychological Distress and Rumination.
Abstract Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) constitutes a significant mental health concern that is highly prevalent in adolescence. Theoretical accounts and empirical research suggest that, in the short-term, NSSI may provide instant relief from intense psychological distress and ruminative thoughts. However, much less is known about these associations over time throughout adolescence. Therefore, we designed a three-year longitudinal study and examined the bidirectional prospective associations between psychological distress, rumination, and NSSI. We assessed 528 secondary school students (at Time 1: Mean ag...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 20, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Buelens T, Luyckx K, Gandhi A, Kiekens G, Claes L Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Associations Between Attentional Bias and Interpretation Bias and Change in School Concerns and Anxiety Symptoms During the Transition from Primary to Secondary School.
This study recruited 109 children and measured their anxiety symptoms and school concerns toward the end of primary school and again at the end of their first term of secondary school. We investigated for the first time whether pre-transition measures of attentional and interpretation bias, and the magnitude of change in attentional bias toward and away from threat stimuli were associated with pre- and post-transition measures of anxiety and school concerns, and the change in these measures over time. Over 50% of the current sample exceeded clinical levels of anxiety at pre-transition. However, anxiety symptoms and school ...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lester KJ, Lisk SC, Carr E, Patrick F, Eley TC Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

A Network Approach to Understanding the Structure of Core Symptoms of Psychopathic Personality Disturbance in Adolescent Offenders.
Abstract A central aim of research on psychopathic personality disturbance (PPD) involves identifying core features of the construct. This has been addressed primarily through prototypicality studies and research using item-response theory. More recently, the logic of social network analysis was extended to psychopathology research to examine which symptoms were most central to PPD networks. Such studies identified affective symptoms of the disorder as especially central among adult offenders. To build upon this prior research, the current study used data on male offenders from the Incarcerated Serious and...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McCuish E, Bouchard M, Beauregard E, Corrado R Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Dutch Bipolar Offspring Study: Cognitive Development and Psychopathology.
This study examines cognitive and educational functioning prospectively in offspring at familial risk for bipolar disorder, in order to improve our understanding of the association between cognitive functioning and psychopathology. Bipolar offspring (N = 92) from the prospective Dutch bipolar offspring study were evaluated at adolescence and adulthood for IQ estimate, educational achievement and development of any psychiatric disorder. The main outcome was IQ estimate after 12 years of follow-up (offspring mean age 28 years). Generalized estimating equation (GEE) analyses showed that any lifetime DSM-IV axis I diagno...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 18, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tempelaar WM, Mesman E, Breetvelt EJ, Hillegers MHJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Influence of Treatment Engagement on Positive Outcomes in the Context of a School-Based Intervention for Students with Externalizing Behavior Problems.
We examined the stability of and cross-influences between externalizing behaviors and intervention engagement among children participating in a randomized clinical trial of an intervention for disruptive behavioral youth. Analyses also accounted for the influence of caregiver depression, family relationship quality, and sociodemographic factors (race, income) on the relationship between behaviors and intervention engagement. Analyses were based on 118 children participating in the Coping Power intervention. Composite variables were created to represent externalizing behaviors and intervention engagement constructs. Associa...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lindsey MA, Romanelli M, Ellis ML, Barker ED, Boxmeyer CL, Lochman JL Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Pubertal Timing and Substance use in Adolescence: an Investigation of Two Cognitive Moderators.
Abstract Off-time pubertal development is a predictor of substance use among adolescents. Early-maturing girls and early- and late-maturing boys appear to be at greater risk for substance use, although findings are more consistent for girls. Although cognitive factors are also important in the etiology of adolescent substance use, few studies have investigated potential cognitive risk and protective factors in these associations. The current study tested whether future orientation or cognitive style (e.g., attributions youth make about the causes and consequences of negative life events) moderated the asso...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Stumper A, Olino TM, Abramson LY, Alloy LB Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Time Spent with Parents Predicts Change in Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder.
Abstract Research with community samples suggests that non-affective features of families, such as the amount of time parents and adolescents spend together, affect depressive symptoms in adolescents. It is possible, however, that spending time with parents not only protects against the onset of depressive symptoms, but also reduces symptoms in adolescents who are already depressed. The current study was designed to test this formulation while also examining whether affective dimensions of family functioning - specifically parental warmth - accounted for or moderated observed associations. Finally, we test...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Manczak EM, Ordaz SJ, Singh MK, Goyer MS, Gotlib IH Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Adversity and Depression: The Moderating Role of Stress Reactivity among High and Low Risk Youth.
Abstract Adverse life events have been causally linked to depression among youth at high risk for depression. But given that not all high-risk youth develop depression following adversity, individual differences in various processes, including physiological reactivity to stress, are likely to be at play. This longitudinal prospective study tested the hypothesis that, among high-risk youth exposed to adversities, extent of physiological reactivity to laboratory stress (indexed as respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA) would predict subsequent depressive symptoms. Subjects were youth at high (n = 80) and low...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - March 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Daches S, Vine V, George CJ, Kovacs M Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Multiple Trajectories in Anxious Solitary Youths: the Middle School Transition as a Turning Point in Development.
This study aimed to identify divergent patterns of individual continuity and change in anxious solitude (AS) in the last half of elementary school (3rd - 5th grade) and the first two years of middle school (6th - 7th grade), and test predictors and outcomes of these pathways. Participants were 688 youths (girls n = 354, 51.5%; M age at outset = 8.66 years, SD = 0.50). Latent class growth analyses identified two AS trajectory classes in elementary school (moderate-decreasing, high-increasing) and three in middle school (low-stable, low-increasing, high-decreasing). The elementary school moderate-decreasing clas...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gazelle H, Faldowski RA Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Family Burden of Raising a Child with ADHD.
Abstract The purpose of the study was to estimate the burden to families of raising a child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Data were drawn from a longitudinal sample recruited in western Pennsylvania. When participants were between 14 and 17 years old, parents completed a questionnaire assessing economic burden over the course of raising their children. Domains of economic burden to families included direct costs related to child's behaviors (excluding treatment expenses) and indirect costs related to caregiver strain. On average, participants with ADHD incurred a total economic bur...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 23, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Zhao X, Page TF, Altszuler AR, Pelham WE, Kipp H, Gnagy EM, Coxe S, Schatz NK, Merrill BM, Macphee FL, Pelham WE Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Protective Factors Buffer Life Stress and Behavioral Health Outcomes among High-Risk Youth.
This study investigated internalizing problems, externalizing problems, and polydrug use among African-American youth residing in high-poverty neighborhoods, and tested the potential protective effects of religiosity, parental monitoring, and neighborhood collective efficacy on life stress and behavioral health outcomes (N = 576; 307 females; Mage = 16 years, SD = 1.44 years). A cumulative risk index reflected the combined effects of past year exposure to stressful life events, racial discrimination, and exposure to violence along with poor neighborhood ecology. Structural equation modeling revealed that cumul...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sharma S, Mustanski B, Dick D, Bolland J, Kertes DA Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

The Relation between Specific Parenting Behaviors and Toddlers' Early Anxious Behaviors is Moderated by Toddler Cortisol Reactivity.
Abstract Differential susceptibility theory posits that neurobiological reactivity (e.g., cortisol levels) should be considered as an individual index of susceptibility to both positive and negative environments. The current investigation separately examines cortisol reactivity and total concentration in toddlerhood as moderators of the longitudinal relation between maternal protection and encouragement of independence and increases or decreases in observed anxious behaviors, respectively. A total of 119 mother-toddler dyads participated in a laboratory visit when toddlers were 12- to 18-months-old. Mother...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kalomiris AE, Phelps RA, Kiel EJ Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Patterns of Exposure to Cumulative Risk Through Age 2 and Associations with Problem Behaviors at Age 4.5: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand.
Abstract Exposure to cumulative risk (CR) has important implications for child development, yet little is known about how frequency, persistence, and timing of CR exposure during early childhood predict behavioral problems already before school start. We examine prospective longitudinal associations between patterns of CR exposure from third trimester through 2 years and subsequent behavior problems at 4.5 years. In 6156 diverse children in the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study, the presence of 12 risk factors, spanning maternal health, social status, and home and neighborhood environment, def...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 21, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wallander JL, Berry S, Carr PA, Peterson ER, Waldie KE, Marks E, D'Souza S, Morton SMB Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research

Does Less Optimal Nonverbal Communication with Peers Predict the Development of Depression in Adolescent Boys and Girls?
Abstract A Social Skills Deficit Model for depression in adolescence was tested, proposing that less optimal nonverbal behavior elicits negative reactions in peer partners, which in turn result in depressive symptoms. Adolescents (12-17 years of age) participated in videotaped same-sex interactions. Several positive and negative nonverbal behaviors were coded. Two analyses were conducted using longitudinal data collected in four waves. First, the predictive role of nonverbal communication for depressive symptoms was tested in a normative sample of 170 adolescent dyads without (mild) depression at wave 1 (...
Source: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology - February 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: van Beek Y, Berg A Tags: J Abnorm Child Psychol Source Type: research